I got a offer from a friend of mine who said that her sensie would need to have some flyers handed out. so i talked to him he offered to if I handed out flowers give me a hour privet lesson every week for very little money in full circle jujitsu.
I was wondering if any one might have heard of this proticular school?
And weather I guy who is six foot 2 150 lbs runner type who can punch kick all day, needs much ground game?
Just curious Ill probably do it just for the fun of it but I'd like to know what every one thinks
i would do it to see what it was about. everybody needs a ground game. you are not a complete martial artist in my opinion if you are missing knowledge of a range.
i have never heared of full circle ju jit su, but then you probably have never heared of some of the stuff i have done. it makes no difference, as long as what you learn can be applied.
I have only heard of small circle jujitsu. This is the site to full circle I guess http://www.fullcirclejujitsu.com/ Japanese jujitsu arts are very impracticle, with the exception to judo. No matter what anyone tells you it dosn't depend on the student because every student is taught the same thing.
Although I have not heard much on Full Circle JuJitsu, however, I have heard of and trained in Wally Jays Small Circle Ju Jitsu.
Now a days his son Leon Jay is heading the SCJJ group. I would recommend it highly. Im not sure what "Full Circle JJ" has to offer. But it would not hurt to give it a try.
As for the comment made in the previous post that all Japanese arts except Judo are effective. I have to say that you have just stuck your foot in your mouth and completly have no idea what your talking about. There are many many Japanese arts out there that are very effective, its much like anything else it depends on how you train them and how good a fighter you are or can be. I ask you to spend some time learning a Japanese art from a competent teacher and then let me know your opinion. WHen I say Competent I mean competent not some half ass teacher in your town that claims to know what he is doing, do your research and then speak on behalf of what is and what is not effective.
you can ask that of any style. hell i would even ask that of JKD. There are some phenomenal ju jit su artists out there and yes there are a lot of bull**** ones out there too, but that is the case with every art including JKD. I know people who have done kickboxing who have absolutly know idea how to fight effectively, and that is meant to be simple. I am not defending what style anyone does, but to write it off completely maybe a bit foolish.
I am guilty of holding a simular view of wing chun. I really think in general it is incredibly bad, however I would not make that assumption when I fought someone who did wing chun. You just never know.
One thing that I must point out. To defend the era of Bruce Lee guys and students that follow his path is how he revolutionized the martial arts world. Yes, before Bruce was ever an action film star or an idol or whatnot, some I repeat there were " SOME" Karate or Japanese schools that trained hard and put forth great martial artist. Funokoshi, Ueshiba, Maas Oyama, etc..etc.. if you were lucky to follow amongst these gentlemens footsteps you could of been fortunate. When the Japanese Arts came to the US it was people like Robert Trias who watered down Japanese Karate mixing it with Tae Kwon Do and basterdizing the system. This was the start of American Karate. When young Bruce Lee stepped in the scene he took on a different approach casting out the junk and keeping what was not junk or useless technique for usefull technique. Many Karate in Japan done just this as well but it was not heard of. After Bruce Lee's untimely death and so on it still did not quite catch on for a few many years later. But today alot of the Traditional Japanese Karate styles and Ryu Systems seem rugged and mechanical etc. But what alot of people are failing to see is that the techniques that were taught were of usefullness just no one knew how to unlock these secrets. It was not until late 70's or so that it became a rising issue. Now a days Karate and Judo and Jujitsu has came to the likes of No Holds barred and Full Contact type sporting events. Many traditionalist like Chuck Lidell are taking his training to a new level, ju jutsu players like the Gracies, Machados, and many other top name Japanese grapplers that I can not spell or say their names also come to mind. What im saying is instead of putting down one martial art for your own biased system is not exactly something I would want to get caught doing in public. What is sure is you chose what ever style you do for your own reasons and others do the same so how can you set there and say what you do is better than another if satisfaction is being reached in both parties? I would bet on the fact that many JKD practicioners are not as great as fighters as many Karate fighters I know and other traditional arts that is out there. There may be a few great JKD fighters but a few does not mean ALL!!! Something is to be found in all martial arts. But a noncomplete system of martial art that is made up of many other arts is hardly an argument if a practiciner is not getting his full potential of training.
